Bingham Bulletin | 1949-09-23 | Page 7 | Malaria Still Regarded Greatest 'Mass' Killer

Malaria Still Regarded Greatest 'Mass' Killer Although malaria, mankind's greatest killer, no longer claims its toll among the world's great as it did before discovery of qtiinine, the disease still remains the "most important in the world from the standpoint of prevalence." The yearly number of cases throughout the world is estimated at 600 million with 3 million deaths. Even in the United States, between be-tween one and five million cases occur annually with an estimated 1200 deaths. By claiming such figures as Alexander the Great, Lord Byron, Oliver Cromwell, King James I of England, and a dozen or more popes among its victims, malaria through the ages has enormously influenced world history.